Mac "Virus" [Not]; Gurus vs Bloggers
Category: Apple/Mac OS... Design...
Posted Friday, April 16, 2004 at 11:03 PM [GMT-6]

Coupla great items courtesy of Jon Gruber's Daring Fireball.

First, some of you may recall a recent report that a new virus had been found, one of the first potentially serious threats to Apple's Mac OS X. This report elicited glee in some Windows users (you know who you are) and trepidation in some Mac users. Jon does a great job of clearly and concisely explaining why neither reaction is warranted. He goes on to grade the various media outlets who reported on this story, some of which should be ashamed of themselves.

Second, he points us to a very funny post by the estimable Andrei Herasimchuk at Design By Fire. Andrei pits a team of web usability gurus against a team of bloggers to determine which has the better websites. The whole thing is tongue-in-cheek, but also manages to make some good points about the relationship between good design and usability. If you are interested in either topic, stop by and take a look; the comments are worth reading also.